August 2010 Land Registry Data
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Midlands law firm Shakespeare Putsman underpin rapid growth with Pilgrim's LawSoft
Fast growing Birmingham based Shakespeare Putsman has selected LawSoft as a unified platform for its three way merger with Needham & James (Stratford upon Avon) and Berryman (Nottingham), which catapults the practice firmly into the national top 80 with around 450 staff. In order to combine multiple business styles and cultures in a short space […]
And the winner is….
The lucky winner of this month’s prize draw is Keeley Miller, a conveyancing lawyer with Sackville’s, a long standing and well established firm of solicitors in Hornchurch and Rainham, Essex. Keeley wins a bottle of Veuve Cliquot champagne for registering on the Today’s Conveyancer website. Keeley says: “What a wonderful surprise, it was my lucky […]
CLC holds October CPD event
The Council for Licensed Conveyancers is holding an event which is to focus on key changes in the legal services market. The seminars will be held in October at three venues across England & Wales — Cambridge, Cardiff and Leeds and will offer an opportunity for licensed conveyancers and anyone with an interest in the […]
BSA fears over-burdensome regulation will stifle interest only mortgage market
The Building Societies Association (BSA) has today responded to the Financial Services Association (FSA)’s Mortgage Market Review (MMR) on responsible lending with specific emphasis on interest only mortgages. The BSA remains concerned with the overall direction, impact and timing of the FSA’s MMR. It is concerned that the MMR does not cripple the recovery, either […]
Land registry applications see a dip in August
Today’s Conveyancer has obtained from Land Registry its figures for applications made by firms in August. This gives us a good idea of the volume and amount of conveyancing transactions that conveyancers are completing. Total applications, as many may expect given the recent gloomy market forecasts and the traditional summer hiatus, are down from […]
New beginning for legal recruiter
A new conveyancing legal recruiter has entered the market. Ben Whiting has established “Ab Initio”: Latin meaning “from the beginning” following over 9 successful years in legal recruitment with a national recruiter. He has developed a reputation as a frank and reliable recruiter and over the years has amassed a strong network of contacts He […]